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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Nana F Edebor" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <drnanafrancis@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 22:50:33 +0800
Subject: MUTUAL BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP-STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.

Dear Friend,


I am Dr.Francis Nana Edebor the Chief Accountant of the Ghana National Petroleum

Corporation(GNPC)and I head a five man tender board in charge of contract award
and payment approvals.I came to know of you in my search for a reliable person
to handle a very confidential transaction which involves the transfer of a huge
sum of money to a foreign account.


There were series of contracts executed by a contortion of multinationals in the

oil industry in favor of Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) these
contracts was deliberately over invoiced to the tune of US$69 million Dollars.

Due to the harsh economic situation of this part of the world, we over invoiced
the contracts to enable us secure our future and that of our family, which is
not guaranteed because of the endemic corruption in high places caused by bad
and greedy leaders that loot the economy.


In return, we have agreed to offer you 25% of the total sum after a successful
transfer of the fund to your account, while 5% shall be set aside for incidental

expenses (internal and external)between the parties in the course of the
transaction, and the remaining 70% is for us,the Ghanaian officials.


The process will be legally done and the legal documents covering the
transaction will be released by the government as soon as the money is
transferred, I will give you further details as soon as I get your response, do
note that this transaction is 100% risk free.


Thanks as I await in anticipation for your fullest co-operation.Get back to me
on this email address


Yours truly,


Dr. Nana F Edebor

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